Series Producer / Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty / Channel 5 / October Films / Jun 2024 to Nov 2024 / Federico Ruiz |
Production Title: Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty Company: October Films Line Manager: Mike Warner Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Drama Reconstruction Historical Documentary History Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description : A fresh new way to tell history that's currently leading Channel 5's Specialist Factual slate. Dame Sian Phillips reprises her role from the BAFTA-winning drama 'I Claudius' to give us her version of the stories of Rome's most notorious emperors. In three primetime one hours, this malevolent matriarch combines her own witness account with expert interviews, exciting 'comic strip fresco' graphics, and glossy recon to explore how it was the women behind the throne who changed history forever. As well as Series Producing and overseeing all the edits, I directed the cinematic reconstructions and commissioned a novel new approach to AI-assisted graphics, which warranted a Behind The Scenes feature in 'Broadcast' magazine. |
Series Producer / Maps of Britain / Channel 5 / October Films / Mar 2023 to Sep 2023 / Dan Louwe |
Production Title: Maps of Britain Company: October Films Line Manager: Neil Breakwell Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description : "Great telly, well made" - Richard Osman on his podcast The Rest Is Entertainment. A lively 6-part prime-time Specialist Factual series for Channel 5's Friday nights. It's a fun "Did You Know?" romp through the history of Britain's transport networks, adding characterful 3D animated graphics to guide us along the way. Narrated by the wonderful Mark Benton (Early Doors) for added Friday night fun. |
Series Producer / Secrets To Civilization / CuriosityStream / Impossible Factual / Dec 2020 to Jun 2021 / Jorge Franzini |
Production Title: Secrets To Civilization Company: Impossible Factual Line Manager: Jonathan Drake Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Animation Documentary Environment Historical Documentary Science Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description : A proud achievement to series produce such an ambitious and sweeping shakeup of the rise and fall of the western world's most iconic civilisations. 3 one hours connect the dots from revelatory discoveries across such fields as Earth Science, DNA and Epidemiology. Using dazzling photo-real visual effects, including slowmo capture of dramatic reconstruction, somehow everything was produced remotely during Lockdown, including international location shoots. |
Series Producer / Lighthouses: Building The Impossible / Channel 5 / October Films / Jan 2020 to Apr 2020 / Dan Louw |
Production Title: Lighthouses: Building The Impossible Company: October Films Line Manager: Neil Breakwell Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Historical Documentary Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description : Engineer Rob Bell explores the staggering feats of engineering and bravery that went into building and working the most iconic rock lighthouses.
As Series Producer I managed a small team to research, script, shoot and edit three one hour episodes on a very tight turnaround. We shot in remote locations in the midst of storms Ciara and Dennis, and I'm now finishing the edits remotely during the Coronavirus lockdown! As self-shooting SP I shot all the presenter material with Rob, and scripted two of the three episodes. I also edit produced one of the offlines, while overseeing all post production. |
Series Producer / Lighthouses: Building The Impossible, Series 2 / Channel 5 / October Films / Jan 2022 to Apr 2022 / Dan Louw |
Production Title: Lighthouses: Building The Impossible, Series 2 Company: October Films Line Manager: Neil Breakwell Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 2 Genre: Documentary Historical Documentary History Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description : Winner: Maritime Media Awards 2023. After the splash made by the first series, it was an honour to get windswept and wave-washed again with the fabulous Rob Bell presenting. Great adventures heading miles out to sea in storm season to explore the hidden world of offshore lighthouses, finding out how in the heck they were built, and who in the heck lived on them. Awash with tales of derring-do, awesome achievement and moving devotion to duty. Aswell as Series Producing with a small team on a tight turnaround, I shot all the Rob scenes and took all the scripts through from development to post. |
Series Producer / How Britain Won World War II / Channel 5 / October Films / Jul 2020 to Nov 2020 / Daniel Pearl |
Production Title: How Britain Won World War II Company: October Films Line Manager: Julia Harrington Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 1 Genre: Documentary Historical Documentary Specialist Factual Sector: Broadcast Television Description : SP of three primetime one hours where presenters Michael Buerk and Arthur Williams reveal Britain's hidden stories behind pivotal events that changed the course of World War II. "A winner... absorbing... fresh insights" - Sunday Times. I also edit produced a feature-length special for Remembrance Day. All shot and edited under social distancing restrictions. |
Series Producer / The Restoration Man / Channel 4 / Tiger Aspect Productions / Mar 2014 to Dec 2016 / Stef Wagstaffe |
Production Title: The Restoration Man Company: Tiger Aspect Productions Line Manager: Lionel Mill Programme Length: 60 minutes Season: 4 Genre: Property History Factual Entertainment Sector: Broadcast Television Description : As Series Producer & Director I oversaw the filming and editing of three series. I scripted and directed all the sequences with the presenter George Clarke, guiding editorial as the team followed the restoration of 18 properties and explored their place in history. I supervised all the Edit Producers for each series, and also self-shot Contributor actuality on C300. |
Location Series Producer / Wheeler Dealers World Tour (Australia) / Discovery Channel / Betty / Dec 2023 to Feb 2024 / Steven Fullagar |
Production Title: Wheeler Dealers World Tour (Australia) Company: Betty Line Manager: John Widdup Programme Length: 60 minutes Genre: Factual Entertainment Motoring Travel Sector: Broadcast Television Description : A month-long automative odyssey through stunning Australian locations, as seen through the windscreen of some iconic Aussie cars. Mike Brewer and Elvis Priestley as ever doing a brilliant job of buying tired old cars and fixing them up for profit. |
Edit Producer / Panorama: Trump - A Second Chance? (International Version) / October Films / Sep 2024 to Oct 2024 / Blue Ant |
Production Title: Panorama: Trump - A Second Chance? (International Version) Company: October Films Line Manager: Neil Breakwell Programme Length: 50 minutes Genre: Documentary Current Affairs Sector: Broadcast Television Description : A balanced and insightful investigation to understand why the US is prepared to give a convicted felon a second run at being President. I edit produced the international version in parallel with the separate BBC 60' edit, cutting it down to 45' and working around archive clearance for distribution in France, Canada, and beyond. |
Producer / Edit Producer / Panorama: Surviving The Pay Freeze / BBC 1 / October Films / Feb 2023 to Mar 2023 / Karen Wightman |
Production Title: Panorama: Surviving The Pay Freeze Company: October Films Line Manager: Neil Breakwell Programme Length: 30 minutes Genre: Documentary Sector: Broadcast Television Description : Video Journalism of the Year winner, Wincott Foundation. A new approach for Panorama, where BBC analysis editor Ros Atkins distils the reasons why Britain's economy lags so far behind that of its peers. As well as Edit Producing, I Produced and Directed London-based location interviews. |